Provincial

TORONTO – POLITICS – Reviews are coming in from different groups across Ontario following the release of the economic statement by the Ford Government. Yesterday’s economic statement by the Ontario government is a step in the right direction for...

QUEENS PARK – Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli released the 2018 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, outlining the government’s plan to help people make ends meet — and get ahead — while making government more efficient. Ontario is...

TIMMINS – HEALTH – Ontario is improving health facilities in Mattawa as the Algonquin Nursing Home relocates to the local hospital. Today, Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, announced a $1 million investment that will support new services at the...

QUEENS PARK – POLITICS – Sol Mamakwa was up in Queen’s Park on October 25th on the subject of Grassy Narrows, asking q question on behalf of the family of former Grand Chief Steve Fobister Senior. Mr. Sol Mamakwa:...

QUEEN’S PARK – On Tuesday, Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath joined the Ontario Health Coalition and hundreds of concerned Ontarians outside Queen’s Park to protest looming cuts to health care by the Ford Tories. “Families who have been forced...

QUEENS PARK – Premier Doug Ford issued the following statement on the municipal elections that took place across Ontario yesterday: “Yesterday, people across Ontario exercised one of our fundamental and important rights by voting in their local municipal elections....

QUEEN’S PARK – Northern Ontarians are being failed by a utility system that leaves them without running water or electricity for years at a time – something most Ontarians would never tolerate, says Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa. “Several weeks...

SIOUX LOOKOUT – As you know the Provincial Cannabis Act, 2017 will come into force on Thursday, October 17, 2018. Key elements of the Act include: 1. Prohibiting the sale of recreational cannabis to anyone under the age of 19....

QUEENS PARK – POLITICS – Premier Doug Ford released the following statement today on the announcement of United States – Mexico – Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA): “We want to make Ontario open for business. That’s why, from day one,...

Commission concludes that, despite promises to the contrary, previous government left Ontario with a $15 billion deficit TORONTO – Today, Ontario Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli and President of the Treasury Board Peter Bethlenfalvy released the 2017-2018 Public Accounts...

BY Greg Rickford MPP KENORA – The only thing “green” about the Green Energy Act was the green that lined the pockets of well-connected insiders. That’s why, yesterday, I was very pleased to be joined by my friend Minister...